The Colour of Disease
Subtitle: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950 (St. Antony's)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780333740446
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; African history: from c 1900 -; History of medicine; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Public health & preventive medicine; Racism & racial discrimination; Venereal diseases; Sociology; Medical; Republic of South Africa; General; Health Care Delivery; Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Discrimination & Racism; Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Race relations; Racism; Social aspects; South Africa; Syphilis
First sentence: 'The natives are to be divided in the three classes, of which the first has had the disease [syphilis], the second one has got it, and the third one will get it.'